Welcome to the Q3 DPDK Dispatch, your quarterly update on the latest developments, insights, and highlights from the open source community driving the evolution of high-performance network software and applications.
Main Announcements
DPDK Bay Area Summit Cancellation
After careful discussion with the Governing Board and Technical Board, we’ve decided to cancel the Bay Area DPDK Summit planned for September 17–18. We’ll be reaching out to all registered attendees shortly with details about refunds.
After our successful DPDK Summit in Prague earlier this year, we definitely intend to continue the DPDK Summit events. We’ll be focusing on plans for next year, to ensure we create high-value events that bring together contributors, industry leaders, and users.
In the meantime, look out for our 15th anniversary campaign celebrating DPDK’s history, major milestones, and community contributions. If you’d like to be interviewed or have a story to share, please reach out to marketing@dpdk.org, we’d love to hear from you.
Thank you for your understanding and support. We look forward to connecting at future events soon.
DPDK turns 15 this year, marking a decade and a half of advancing high-performance packet processing.
In the weeks leading up to the DPDK Bay Area Summit, we’ll be spotlighting key achievements and the maintainers who have guided the project and made significant contributions. If you’ve got something to share from the last 15 years, a breakthrough, a favorite moment, or memory drop it in the comments, tag @DPDK , and use #DPDK15.
New Dev Spotlight with Bruce Richardson
As DPDK marks its 15th anniversary, we sit down with founding developer Bruce Richardson at Intel Corporation to reflect on the project’s origins, milestones, and impact. In this special Developer Spotlight, Bruce shares insights into DPDK’s early challenges, key breakthroughs, and what’s ahead for high-performance networking. It’s the first in our 15 Anniversary series of spotlights that look into how the project has evolved, and the people who shaped it.
Strong Engagement & Strategic Direction Emerge from Prague Summit
The DPDK Summit Prague featured 27 sessions and 31 speakers across a diverse technical program, attracting 179 registrants from 97 organizations. In-person attendance skewed toward systems developers and architects, while virtual attendees were led by India and the U.S. Survey feedback was unanimously positive, emphasizing networking value and session quality.
Takeaways from leadership meetings included:
- Renewed focus on Rust support, cleaning up driver guidelines, and streamlining Bugzilla backlog.
- Push for broader DTS adoption through single-machine usability.
- Discussion of tech writer contract termination for cost savings.
- Rejection of a code challenge in favor of more ROI-driven initiatives.
- Exploration of new DPDK use cases beyond networking (e.g., AI, databases) with potential LF Research collaboration.
- Continued emphasis on member retention and growth strategy through direct engagement.
You can all see the survey responses from DPDK Summit APAC and DPDK Summit 2024
A Day in the Life of a Packet
Ever wondered how a packet actually travels through a high-speed DPDK-based system? A Day in the Life of a Packet is a three-part blog series that walks you through every stage, from ingress at the NIC, through user space processing, to egress back to the network. It’s a clear, practical look at what really happens under the hood when performance matters most.
Part 1: The Hidden Engine Behind the Internet.
Every tap, stream, and video call depends on a seamless flow of data across networks, moving billions of packets per second behind the scenes. At the core of this invisible machinery is DPDK. In this first installment, we introduce how DPDK fits into modern infrastructure and why it’s essential to the digital experiences we take for granted.
DPDK & Technologies in the news:
- Must-See Sessions & Demos at FPGA Conference Europe 2025!
- Sidero Labs Named a Fast Mover in Multiple 2025 GigaOm Radar Reports for Kubernetes Innovation
- NimbusNet: Building a High‑Performance Echo & Chat Server Across Boost.Asio and Io_uring
- SolidRun Introduces HoneyComb Ryzen V3000 Development Platform, Empowering High-Performance Embedded and Edge Solutions
- Xsight Labs Announces Availability of E1 – Revolutionizing the DPU Market with the Industry’s Unparalleled Fully Software-Defined Network Architecture
- The future of Kubernetes networking: Cilium and other CNIs with Canonical Kubernetes
- A First Glimpse of the Starlink User Ternimal
- Xsight Labs Launches Arm-based E1 SoC for Cloud & Edge AI Data Centers
Performance Reports & Meeting Minutes
This newsletter is sent out to thousands of DPDK developers, it’s a collaborative effort. If you have a project release, pull request, community event, and/or relevant article you would like to be considered as a highlight for next month, please reply to marketing@dpdk.org
Thank you for your continued support.
